I am an old man

an older tune. open D tuning
I've never had this experience but I can imagine losing a child could pretty much take all the light out of your life. I wonder how folks feel who have lost theirs to causes that so many have called worthless mistakes.

Wonderful song.
Love the lyrics and simple delivery.Your vocal style and sound in combination with your guitar playing mesh so well together.Could have been a song from the 60's and nobody would be the wiser.Yet another fine posting that was much enjoyed.

thank you Chase
I don't try to sound like the sixties, but certain things just sound right to my ear, so I have to go with them. This song was also recorded on tape so that probably helps it get that sound.I'm not really sure if I can get away from that and still like what I'm doing.

Great and Effective !
Paul, this is a really wonderful song, the guitar work here seems Country-Western type, i love your vocal as always .. This song express many of fathers feelings who lost their children in a bad situation just like what happened in Iraq war .. Loved This Piece My Friend
Well Done !

sad and emotional
This is a great song. Your heartfelt thoughts and emotions ran deep throughout. I cannot imagine what losing a child feels like either but I think you did a superb job explaining it. Thanks for sharing this.

Wow
love this Its a great sog for our time. To many worthless deaths. The guitar on this is great I would love to just see you play this. Your singing is great also enjoyed this alot thanks for sharing!

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ouch, I don't know that worthless deaths is what I'm trying to convey. I think the human experience is a lot more complicated than that. War sucks, but a lot of things suck. Not the least of which are Maniacs with power.

I'm an old man too
Feeling that way sometimes...
it helps with the guitar though.
Nice playing.

sad tune...bout your son...
I was a boy in 65,9yrs old
the Beatles were all over the place and I remember the way the boys names who died in nam, use to scroll at the end of the news on TV
i hated it
hated it
and still do

I feel lonely listening to this song.

I hope you have
peace
at times
more peace to you my friend
tim
what a great sounding record

OK wait a second!
this isn't a biographical song. I was just imagining what it might be like for someone. My son is fine. Thanks for listening Tim don't stay down for long, if you got kids let em know how dear they are to you. Man, I hope like hell I don't outlive mine, that's got to be the worst.

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